tabharthach

Irish

Etymology

From tabhair (“give”, verb) (from Old Irish do·beir) + -ach, a calque of Latin datīvus (“dative”).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): [ˈt̪ˠauɾˠhəx]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): [ˈt̪ˠoːɾˠhax], [ˈt̪ˠoːɾˠha(h)]

Adjective

tabharthach (genitive singular masculine tabharthaigh, genitive singular feminine tabharthaí, plural tabharthacha, not comparable)

  1. (grammar) dative

Declension
Declension of tabharthach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative tabharthach thabharthach tabharthacha;
thabharthacha²
Vocative thabharthaigh tabharthacha
Genitive tabharthaí tabharthacha tabharthach
Dative tabharthach;
thabharthach¹		 thabharthach;
thabharthaigh (archaic)		 tabharthacha;
thabharthacha²
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

tabharthach m (genitive singular tabharthaigh, nominative plural tabharthaigh)

  1. (grammar) dative

Declension
Declension of tabharthach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tabharthach tabharthaigh
Vocative a thabharthaigh a thabharthacha
Genitive tabharthaigh tabharthach
Dative tabharthach tabharthaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tabharthach na tabharthaigh
Genitive an tabharthaigh na dtabharthach
Dative leis an tabharthach

don tabharthach

 leis na tabharthaigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tabharthach thabharthach dtabharthach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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